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Air trapping common in patients with long COVID
The reported findings “indicate a long-term impact on bronchiolar obstruction,” states Brett M. Elicker, MD.
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‘Overwhelming’ need to study COVID vaccine–associated tinnitus
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Future variants of concern likely lurk in today’s patients
“The virus that replicates in each infected patient is in reality a mixture of slightly different SARS-CoV-2 viruses.”
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MSM have higher CD4 counts at HIV diagnosis than heterosexuals
“We were stunned.”
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Antiseptic as good as antibiotics for preventing recurrent UTI
Using methenamine hippurate as an alternative could play an important role in helping to tackle the global problem of increasing antibiotic...
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COVID-19 often more severe with congenital heart defects
“Hospitalized patients with heart defects are up to twice as likely to have critical outcomes of COVID-19 illness,” says author of a new study.
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COVID-19 vax effectiveness quantified in immunosuppressed patients
A database study of 154,000 patients found that SARS-CoV-2 vaccines give people taking immunosuppressants significant protection against COVID-19...
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Cat ownership in childhood linked ‘conditionally’ to psychosis in adult males
The suspected culprit is not the cat itself but rather exposure to Toxoplasma gondii, a common parasite sometimes found in cat feces.
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Mutation drives persistent Pseudomonas in COPD
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First ‘before-and-after’ COVID-19 brain imaging study shows structural changes
Whether the abnormal changes are the hallmark of the spread of the pathogenic effects in the brain, or of the virus itself, remains to be...
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Double-dose COVID-19 vaccines showed limited effectiveness against Omicron
“For now, we are going to have to realize that it is virtually impossible to prevent mild COVID without frequent boosting.”